me.re.a denotes a person identified as another's associate, accompanying, joining a group, or keeping distant.

The attested use identifies a person in social association with another: an accompanying associate, a member of a group of companions, or someone described in relation to another person. The same designation appears when companions keep their distance from a poor man in Proverbs 19:7.

1. A person's associate or fellow companion · dominant

   The singular construct form identifies a companion in relation to another person: Ahuzzath accompanies Abimelech in Genesis 26:26, and the woman is said to have been given to Samson's companion in Judges 15:2. The plural absolute form in Judges 14:11 refers to thirty people taken to be with him, while Proverbs 19:7 depicts a poor man's companions keeping far from him.

   Genesis 26:26Judges 14:11Judges 14:20Judges 15:2Judges 15:6Proverbs 19:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally presents the term with "companion" or "companions," including an accompanying associate in Genesis 26:26 and companions who keep far away in Proverbs 19:7. Its wording confirms the social setting of the clauses rather than fixing a separate rendering for every occurrence.